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Top 1,000verb, perfective

защити́ть

[zəɕːɪˈtʲitʲ]to defend, to guard, to protect

Frequency rank #813 About 1 in every 8,800 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
защитить #813

Meaning

  1. to defend, to guard, to protect
  2. to speak in support, to stand up for, to support, to vindicate, to advocate
  3. in a court of law to defend, to plead for

Examples

Я тебя́ защищу́.

I'll protect you.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • защити́тьinfinitive#1,134
  • защити́тsingular, 3rd person, future#10,431
  • защити́лmasculine, singular, past#20,356
  • защищу́singular, 1st person, future#21,431
  • защити́imperative, singular, 2nd person#22,598
  • защити́мplural, 1st person, future#25,660
  • защити́теplural, 2nd person, future#33,346
  • защити́лаfeminine, singular, past#39,645
  • защитя́тplural, 3rd person, future#39,673
  • защити́лиplural, past#45,455
  • защити́вшийpast, participle
  • защищённыйpast, participle
  • защити́вpast, gerund
  • защити́вшиpast, gerund

and 2 more forms

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